mobile developers. It does not require changes to the network and can work with new standards for fast network dormancy, smart signaling and other network optimizations. In February 2011, Open Channel received the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough in 2011. In February 2013, Open Channel added offerings for policy enforcement and offloading. Also in early 2013, Toronto-based wireless operator, Public Mobile, selected Open Channel to manage network signaling and help reduce service costs stemming from non-optimized mobile applications and unnecessary data traffic that was creating excess network congestion. In September 2015, Open Channel was made available directly to consumers. Mobile messaging SEVEN's push notification platform, System SEVEN, is deployed as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) solution. SEVEN Mobile Email and SEVEN Mobile IM are SEVEN's applications built on top of its push platform and its Ping Services allow operators and device manufacturers to use the SEVEN push notification technology for messaging services and mobile applications. They provide mobile operators and device manufacturers with a solution for integrated messaging services. System SEVEN mobile email is a server-assisted solution, where access to a user's email account appears to originate from IP addresses hosted by SEVEN (208.87.200.0 - 208.87.207.255) or its customers. Although done with the user's permission, email service providers may flag these as potential hacking attempts and have raised security concerns, most recently with Microsoft Outlook for Android and iOS. Partners The firm works with mobile platform providers, device manufacturers, email messaging solutions and providers of services in the cloud, and infrastructure partners, to sell mobile messaging services. Its systems use commonly deployed mobile platforms including Android, Bada, BREW, J2ME, Symbian and Windows Mobile. They work on products from device manufacturers, including HTC, INQ, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Sanyo, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson; and are embedded in over 550 device types. The firm has partnered with many of the top Internet service providers including Google, Microsoft (Exchange and Windows Live) and Yahoo!, and infrastructure providers such as Equinix, Savvis and Oracle. Competition Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) Google Cloud Messaging Good Technology GoS Networks Nokia Messaging OpenNet Research In Motion (RIM, BlackBerry) Outlook Mobile Referenceswebsite Mobile technology Software companies based in Texas Privately held companies based in Texas Companies established in 2000 Software companies of the United States